William Cameron Townsend
18961982

Stimulator of linguistic research among ethnic minorities and champion of
their cultural dignity

About the compiler

Calvin Hibbard was William Cameron Townsend's secretary for most of the
thirty-two years following September 1950. He and his family served in Peru
for twenty-four years before moving to Waxhaw, North Carolina, in 1974. Cal
and
several colleagues compiled this biographical sketch from papers and
publications left by Townsend after his death in April 1982.